Maluku Islands
archipelago in eastern Indonesia, also called the Spice Islands
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Summary
Maluku Islands is an island group[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of island group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,373 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Indonesia[3]
- Located in or next to body of water: Molucca Sea[4]
- Part of: Malay Archipelago[5]
- Commons category: Moluccas[6]
- Located in time zone: UTC+09:00[7]
- Has part(s): Halmahera Island[8], Seram[9], Ambon Island[10], Tayandu Islands[11]
- Highest point: Gunung Binaiya[12]
- Coordinate location: -2, 128[13]
- Located in/on physical feature: Indonesia[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Maluku Islands[15]
- Population: 1,895,000[16]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[19], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[21], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[22], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[23], History of Ming[24], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[26]
- Native label: Kepulauan Maluku[27]
- Elevation above sea level: 3027[28], 958[29]
- Area: 74,505[30]
- Name: Maluku[31], Molucas[32], Moluccas[33], Molucche[34], Molukken[35], Moluksche[36], Spice[37]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[38]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Maluku Islands include Black-faced Friarbird[39], a taxon[40].
Why It Matters
Maluku Islands has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]
Entities named for it include Black-faced Friarbird[39], a taxon[40].